"Your profile could not be opened correctly." while opening Chrome(ium)

Simply use

rm -r ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Web\ Data

or (on Ubuntu 14.10)

rm -r ~/.config/chromium/Default/Web\ Data

or, for the lazy,

l ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Web\ Data
l ~/.config/chromium/Default/Web\ Data
rm -rf ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Web\ Data
rm -rf ~/.config/chromium/Default/Web\ Data

* Be careful while using rm -rf

UPDATE

I am really sick of seeing this error and I did this;

Make a file

nano ~/delete-chrome-web-data

Put this in it

#!/usr/bin/env bash
rm -rf ~/.config/chromium/Default/Web\ Data
rm -rf ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Web\ Data

give the script execute permission

chmod u+x delete-chrome-web-data

And when I see that error, run: sh ~/delete-chrome-web-data


Short term fix is to run sudo killall chrome twice.

$ sudo killall chrome
$ sudo killall chrome

After this Chrome will start normally.

A long term fix would be to enable in chrome://settings/ Show advanced settings ... and check "Continue to run background apps when Google Chrome is closed" will fix the problem.

It appears to be problem with Chrome or one of his extensions not being closed properly.


Got this error before. What I did was try to sync again using the same username (not reset sync). From what I experienced, the bookmarks and apps still exist, and it will update the sync with your current account.

Any way, based on google groups from user meyertree you can do this to backup your bookmarks to prevent data lost:

  • Go to Chrome settings and choose "Disconnect Your Google Account"
  • Go to the Google Dashboard: https://www.google.com/dashboard/
  • Under "Chrome Sync" choose to reset sync and delete all data
  • Close Chrome
  • Copy the bookmark file from the backup and overwrite the current bookmark file
  • Open Chrome - your bookmarks should be back
  • You can sign in to Chrome sync again. Because the sync data was reset, the new bookmarks will be synced

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